note 109609 added to function.urldecode

Here is a function that converts a URL string into an indexed array like what is stored in the $_GET, $_POST, etc. variables. The URL can be in any of these formats: d_owner=true&d_ptype=%22true%22&ticket=five+44 or &d_owner=true&d_ptype=%22true%22&ticket=five+44 or ?d_owner=true&d_ptype=%22true%22&ticket=five+44 or file.php?d_owner=true&d_ptype=%22true%22&ticket=five+44 <?PHP // decode URL string into array with values (like in $_GET or $_POST) function urldecode_to_array ($url) { $ret_ar = array(); if (($pos = strpos($url, '?')) !== false) // parse only what is after the ? $url = substr($url, $pos + 1); if (substr($url, 0, 1) == '&') // if leading with an amp, skip it $url = substr($url, 1); $elems_ar = explode('&', $url); // get all variables for ($i = 0; $i < count($elems_ar); $i++) { list($key, $val) = explode('=', $elems_ar[$i]); // split variable name from value $ret_ar[urldecode($key)] = urldecode($val); // store to indexed array } return $ret_ar; } ?> I needed this for some AJAX work I was doing, so I thought it may be useful for others. ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 99.107.218.6 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.urldecode.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/109609 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109609/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109609/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109609/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109609/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109609/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109609/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109609 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/109609 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php